Welcome to Breakdown to Breakthrough, the podcast that empowers you to transform your life

by awakening to your true authentic self. I'm Lisa A. Romano, your host, as an award-winning author

and certified life coach, I've dedicated my life to helping others understand the incredible

power of an organized mind. I believe that true empowerment begins with awakening to our false self.

I created the Conscious Healing Academy, a three-part coaching and brain retraining program designed

to help individuals triumph over trauma and turn the breakdowns into powerful breakthroughs.

My mission is to support you on your journey toward mental and emotional

regeneration through conscious and deliberate awakening. In this podcast, I'll share insights,

tools, and transformative stories that will illuminate the path to healing and self-discovery.

So this is an early trigger warning for anybody who is sensitive to the topic of child abuse,

sexual abuse, incest. This is a trigger warning. So this is going to be a tough conversation,

but we need to have it. And how I use my platforms is to really demystify this idea of codependency and narcissistic abuse,

but also to elevate conscious understanding of the implications and the problems that you will experience

that maybe somebody, well, definitely somebody who is

healthier, has a much less risk of experiencing.

When you are codependent, you ignore red flags.

When you are codependent, you sweep things under the rug.

When you are codependent, you worry about what people think about you. When you are codependent, you worry about what people think about you.

When you are codependent, you don't know how to make clear decisions. When you are codependent,

you don't know what normal is. You're guessing. And so if you were raised by a mother who swept

everything under the rug, chances are you're going to sweep everything under the rug.

If you are codependent, you will not be able to withstand or stand up to a narcissist, sociopath or psychopath.

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